Others Unknown Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy, Paperback/Stephen Jones

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In Others Unknown, Stephen Jones, Timothy Mc Veigh's lawyer in his trial for the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Office Building in Oklahoma City, provides the fullest possible account of the worst act of terrorism in American history. In a complete revision of his 1998 hardcover, Jones tells for the first time the whole story of his investigation of the case, including what he was told by Mc Veigh and what he learned about others involved in the conspiracy. His account differs significantly from the tale Mc Veigh is telling as he faces execution for his crimes. In interviews with Buffalo News journalists, reported in their recently released book American Terrorist(Regan Books, April 2000), Mc Veigh claims total responsibility for the bombing, saying "It was my choice and my control to hit that building when it was full." In Others Unknown Jones sets the record straight, saying what he could not say when he first wrote this book, before Mc Veigh effectively waived attorney-client privilege: that based on what he learned as Mc Veigh's counsel, Jones knows that the bombing was a conspiracy, and that Mc Veigh was not its mastermind. "I'm not trying to say he was innocent. He has exaggerated his guilt to protect others. He played a role, but he was a foot soldier, a mule, not the general," says Jones. "I know it did not happen the way he tells it in his book." Jones reports in detail what Mc Veigh told him as the case progressed; explains why Mc Veigh did not plead guilty; and shows Mc Veigh's real role in the conspiracy and how he obstructed his own defense. This is the definitive historical record of a heinous act of murderous rage; an account indispensable to understanding what happened. And, says Public Affairs CEO and publisher Peter Osnos: "We think it's important that Tim Mc Veigh not be given the final word."About the Author: Stephen Jones, of Enid Oklahoma, was appointed to represent Timothy Mc Veigh by the Federal Court System. He will donate all of his net proceeds from this pap